♪ brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. tonight, mounting pressure on me and more to end a refugee crisis. thousands of the country's people continue to flee. 370,000 members of the muslim minority have now fled violence in the country. neighbor bangladesh says it is struggling to cope and is calling on myanmar to take his people back. also, hurricane irma's path of devastation.

residence on the island of st. maarten are leaving amid flu -- food and water shortages. millions remain without power. apple ceo tim cook says it is the biggest leap forward in a decade. the new iphone 10. it is the first iphone to almost break the $1000 price tag. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. pressure is mounting on myanmar over the persecution of its stateless muslim minority amid reports of soldiers burning down villages and murdering inhabitants, thousands have been fleeing the state. they are heading north into neighboring bangladesh come as you see there. the prime minister of bangladesh

has asked for support with the refugees. reporter: homes reduced to ashes. this video shot by a refugee shows what many of the muslims are leaving behind. about 370,000 of them have fled to neighboring bangladesh in the last month. many are hurt, sick or dehydrated. makeshift camps are filled beyond capacity, causing people to fight for scarce resources. those were able to collect relief material can have a meal. those who are feeling are left to starve. >> i cannot bear this hunger anymore. reporter: on tuesday the bangladesh prime minister visited one of the struggling refugee camps. she says the country will not tolerate injustice and has

called on myanmar to take back its people. >> these people are suffering. these people belong to myanmar. reporter: myanmar refuses to recognize them as citizens. in bangladesh people have been protesting their treatment. germany has sent a project to the country and the u.s. has criticized myanmar's security forces saying they are not protecting civilians. pressure is being placed on myanmar's poet laureate leader. eu politicians say he has asked parliament to take action. she was awarded parliament's human rights prize in 1990.

>> the fact we have given net price to her gives us i think today a form of authority to call on her hand to do something about it. reporter: the current crisis in myanmar began in late august when insurgent group attacked police. the buddhist majority government says it's security forces are fighting terrorists. the u.n. how -- human rights chief has called the violence a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. on wednesday the un security council is scheduled to address the growing crisis. brent: we would like to bring in derek mitchell, a former u.s. ambassador to myanmar. mr. mitchell, it is good to have you.

if we look at the demographics of myanmar, most of the population is buddhist. rohingya are muslims and a mayor t. is this -- and a mayor eddie -- minority. is it a religious conflict? derek: it is largely a historical and communal conflict involving a population that has long been considered not part of the fabric of the country. a legacy of colonialism, rich colonialism -- british colonialism. viewed as illegal immigrants and not worthy of support. they are considered a threat to the country. it is deep-seated and unfortunate. brent: what about the leader of myanmar? she is a nobel peace laureate and has been noticeably quiet. do you have any idea why she is saying nothing? derek: she has not said nothing, but i think that is legitimate

critique that she should be saying more. even she does not control the security forces she is the leader, certainly the moral leader of the country. i know people on the outside want to hear that compassion and concern about the plight of the stateless and beleaguered population. you do have to understand the context in which sees operating. -- in which she is operating. 95% of the country, her constituency, do not want to support this population. and she has to push back against a broad anti-rohingya sentiment and a national security threat, in their minds, if she wants to speak up for them. she is treading a fine line. she could do more but she is also in a very tight position. brent: you mentioned rohingya are a state minority, not recognized as citizens in myanmar. the refugees are in bangladesh

and they do not want to recognize them either as citizens or future citizens. so what can the international community do for the rohingyas? derek: you have the immediate question and you have a longer-term question. the media question is very clear and not complex, which is there are 300,000 plus rising to 400,000 people who need urgent humanitarian assistance and the international community should do everything to get assistance to those people who are suffering in the corner of bangladesh. the longer-term question of how to deal with the rohingya of myanmar, that goes to issues of reconciliation of rule of law, of humanitarian justice, of human rights, and goes to a longer-term process that is quite difficult but i think is required of myanmar to start a process to deal with this on their turf other than exporting

it to other countries. brent: derek mitchell before he was ambassador to myanmar -- the former ambassador to myanmar. we will be returning to you at the bottom of the hour to talk more about the situation with the rohingya in myanmar. thank you very much. tonight, police in spain's second-largest city barcelona set a false alarm front of the evacuation -- prompted an evacuation. they cordoned off the landmark after a bomb squad was called in to check a van parked near the church. police found no explosives. the incident comes less than a month after a terrorist attack in barcelona in a nearby resort that killed 16 people. authorities in florida and across the caribbean are assessing the devastation caused by hurricane irma and working to restore services. u.s. president trump is to visit florida on thursday to see the

damage firsthand. across the state thousands of homes have been made unlivable. millions remain without power. the situation is even worse on many caribbean islands including . maarten. both france and the netherlands, which share control of the island, have made rebuilding the r a top priority. reporter: normally a picture of paradise. it has been laid waste. a third of the buildings have been destroyed by irma. up close, some residents cannot hide their shock. while others cannot hide their anger. >> everything is messed up. everything. we have nowhere to sleep, nothing to eat, no water to drink. we have nothing. we're doing very poorly. reporter: speaking of the

netherlands took in the devastation on the dutch half of the island. he heard first-hand accounts of deaths -- desperate residents. even the king, a veteran of the dutch navy, was unprepared for what he saw. >> i have seen a lot of devastation caused by forces of nature or war, but i have never seen this. reporter: on the french northern half, getting food to the hungry is among the first concerns. the government of paris has sent troops to help in the relief effort. hundreds of residents and tourists have tried to leave amid the chaos. as he met victims, president macron plans to rebuild the island. >> as a speaker you, we have two -- as i speak to you, we have 2000 men on the ground. reporter: with its sun and sandy

beaches, tourism is the bedrock of this island economy. but it may take years to recover. right now they are doing whatever they can to get started. brent: i'm joined now from st. maarten by jeffrey, a managing director and a host at a radio station there. what can you say about the situation right n on the island? what the you know? -- what do you know? jeffrey: i just spent some time driving around and there is just complete devastation everywhere. brent: when you say complete devastation, what does that mean for the people who were on the island now? are we looking at a complete evacuation? jeffrey: i will tell you this -- there is not a single building that is untouched by the storm. people are starting to repair and make do with what they have

-- make due with what they have and pick up and cleanup. the resilience is amazing, although water and electricity are still not widely restored across the dutch's side of the island, service is starting to come back little by little. so the resiliency is just amazing. we are hopeful that things will just get better and better as each day progresses, it will get just a little easier. brent: tell me, resiliency is important but you are going to need resources. weird you expect those resources to come from -- where do you expect those resources to come from? french president macron and picking up the netherlands are visiting, will that make a difference? jeffrey: leadership is key. leadership helps people grab their bootstraps and start helping.

even the dutch prime minister has said we are with st. maarten 100%. brent: you said there was total devastation. the reports we're getting tonight, 80,000 people are homeless. we have reports that paris is sending helicopters, medicine, water, volunteers. is that enough to rebuild, in your own words, a completely devastated island? jeffrey: we need help everywhere. we need food. we need water. we need medicine. we need skilled labor. we need people can help rebuild hotels, homes, re-roof existing homes. we need everything. we just need the manpower and the assistance to make it happen. there is only so much that we can do. the dutch marines have been pretty much in control of the

dutch side of the island since shortly after the storm. in the last day or so, we have seen things get significantly better in terms of the control and the movement of people and keeping people off the streets so that utility workers, the power company, the water company, they can get out and do their jobs. you also see the resiliency at a community level. neighbors are working with neighbors to help one another. brent: we certainly can understand the need for neighbors to help neighbors at this time. we wish you and everyone there on the island all the best moving forward. jeffrey, thank you very much. here are some other stories making headlines around the world. former u.s. presidential candidate hillary clinton has signed copies of her new book, "what happened," at a new york

bookstore. the book, which went on sale tuesday, lays out clinton's own analysis of her shocking loss to donald trump in the 2016 election. four germans have been killed in a small plane crash. it came down on the eastern side of the island. emergency services said the plane was in flames when they arrived at the scene and there were no survivors. tributes are coming in from one of germany's most prominent elder statesman. he died today at the age of 87. he served as the general secretary of the christian democrats from 1977 to 1989 and is a cabinet minister. -- as a cabinet minister. still to come, german prosecutors call for life in prison for the sol survivor member of a neo-nazi terror cell. that story in just a moment.

first, it is time to talk to christoph. i guess i'm going to have to have a bigger while at and -- wallet and the iphone is very expensive. christoph: apple unveiled the iphone x, ten being written as an x. it uses facial recognition to unlock the device. prices start just shy of $1000 u.s. the tech giant describes the premium version as the biggest leap forward since the original. apple ceo tim cook presented the gadget one decades after the late apple cofounder steve jobs unveiled the first smartphone. apple also unveiled new visions of its watch and the iphone 8 and iphone plus, along with an upgraded streaming video system.

for some more analysis let's go over to our wall street correspondent jens korte. jens, apple calls its latest iphone model the biggest leap forward since the original. how important is this latest model of the iphone to the company? jens: it is definitely the make or break device is if you look at it overall, it certainly would be unfair to call apple a one trick pony but the iphone is the big revenue and profit driver. 60% of revenue comes from the iphones, and even if you don't break down the numbers, about two thirds of the profits are generated with the iphone. therefore, this device is crucial for the new future of the entire company. christoph: so why does this

situation have investors not worrying much more? being dependent on one product that excessively. jens: well, so far apple is making a lot of money with the iphone. apple has a market valuation of $800 billion, making it the wealthiest, the most expensive company worldwide. profit margins, especially with the iphones, are huge. as far as that does not change and people are willing to pay about $1000 per piece, there is no need to be scared in the near term. that said, the reaction on wall street was a bit muted. first of all, the stock went up by almost 40% this year. then the new iphone x will be available not before early november, meaning at least in

this fiscal year, the new iphone will not have a huge impact. that might have been one reason why the stock traded a bit lower in this session. christoph: jens breaking down the story, thank you so much. here in germany, struggling carrier air berlin has been hit by in a pair case of the flu. the airline, which is in bankruptcy negotiations with creditors and competitors, canceled dozens of flights after a large number of pilots called in sick. reporter: these long lines at berlin's airport have become a familiar sight. numerous flights have been canceled because the pilots failed to show up for work. for passengers, that means weight and rebook, if that is even possible. >> i am so angry. we are being treated like dirt. we're waiting in line here like idiots. the fight -- the fact the pilots

have called out sick is outrageous. >> they should do their job. they are getting paid fairly. they are being oversensitive that they were not involved in negotiations and are causing drama at the expense of passengers. >> god knows. the line is all the way down the airport. so, yeah. [laughter] we may be in lovely berlin for a bit longer. reporter: the pilot said he did not know about the strike. >> of course we are angry about the current situation at air berlin. both the management and the bankruptcy executive are currently unwilling to negotiate a scheme with employees. reporter: the management argues this would deter investors. but the rights of the employees are simply being a board. -- ignored.

this strike will cost money that air berlin no longer has. christoph: we asked our correspondent in frankfurt what he reckoned was behind this mysterious case of the flu. >> not the flu, that is for sure. the pilots are having sort of a rebellion. it is an illegal strike, if you will. they are protesting what they think is being planned with their jobs, especially the older, seasoned pilots. and of course it puts the job in danger. they make the most money, so anyone wanting to buy air berlin and 11 eight cost intensive units will be looking at these -- and eliminate cost intensive units will be looking at these pilots. it is certainly not good for air berlin's reputation. about 8000 passengers affected.

and of course it also costs money when you cancel flights into have to pay pilots who call in sick but who were not working. it could work against the pilots in the end, of course. christoph: now we know what you're doing when you call in sick. brent: thank you very much. german prosecutors have called for a license for the member of a nero -- a neo-nazi terror cell blamed for 10 racially motivated murders. she has denied all knowledge of the killings. reporter: she is the only known surviving member of the far right carousel -- terror cell called nsu. she is accused of 10 racist murders -- complicity in the murders. >> the federal prosecutor has displaying --

she should begin life in prison. reporter: the federal prosecutor called her an ice cold calculating person who showed a disregard for human life and called for indefinite detention should she come up for release, as a standard for licenses in germany. -- life sentences in germany. due to her political convictions the defendant has a propensity to commit certain crimes, in particular, politically-motivated once. she has denied knowing anything about the murders. the court's decision is expected in the coming months. brent: germany has resumed the deportation of afghans who had their bids for asylum rejected. a plane took off from duesseldorf, apparently taking

around one dozen people back to afghanistan. germany stop deportations after an attack back in may. afghanistan is still too dangerous to force people to go back. activists were at the airport to protest against the flight. our correspondent was at the scene and i asked her what the demonstrators were calling for. reporter: they are protesting against the view of the german government and they are saying that there is war in afghanistan, there are attacks every day, and this is why afghan asylum-seekers should not be deported back to afghanistan. another thing they have also mentioned a lot to me is that they are seeing right before the election in two weeks, the german government is just trying to gain polls from people on the right. this is the only reason that after three months after the attack in front of the german embassy in kabul when he

deportations were stopped, now they were resumed. ♪ brent: the basketball, at the year p.m. jeff manship's istanbul, -- spain won 84-74 and will play for a place in sunday's final. here is something for the real sports junkies. most people either run a marathon or play basketball, but not this guy. he set a new guinness world record this weekend when he ran the fastest ever marathon while bouncing two basketballs. he managed to compete -- complete the rout in 3 hours, 54 minutes. smashing the previous record by 16 minutes.

here's a reminder of the top stories that we are following for you. myanmar is coming over mounting pressure over the persecution of rohingya. hundreds of thousands of rohingyas have fled a violent crackdown and are seeking protection in neighboring bangladesh. bangladesh says it is struggling to cope. you can was get dw news on the go. just download our app. that will give you access to the latest news from around the world as well as --as well as push notifications. you can also send us photos or videos when you see news happening. after a short break i believe that with more news. we leave you now with pictures of over one million people in barcelona who showed up to celebrate the national day of catalonia. ♪

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